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"Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday blasted White House staff for undercutting efforts to craft a deal on immigration and end the ongoing government shutdown.

Speaking with reporters, Graham singled out White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller as an 'outlier', and said despite President Donald Trump’s willingness to forge a deal, his aides have made such negotiations difficult.

'Every time we have a proposal it is only yanked back by staff members', Graham said. 'As long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we’re going nowhere.' "